Thomas B. Eastland Papers, 1849

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Thomas B. Eastland Papers, 1849

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf387002f2

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California Historical Society, North Baker Library

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Eastland, Thomas B.

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Biography The route followed by Eastland was through Texas and Mexico, but after 4 months enroute West Eastland wrote to his wife "...we are still 170 miles from El Paso...gross ignorance or willful design has governed those who induced the government to make a road this route...". On Sept. 11,1849 Eastland decided to strike out on his own--to continue to Chichuahua and there book passage to San Francisco. He arrived in San Francisco aboard t...